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He is my great-great grandfather. I have was told he was born in Halling, Aarhus, DK. Is there further information? Thank you.

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3/14/2010 at 11:26 PM

Hello again
The book Gunder Andersen efterkommer tells
Jens Mogensen was born 14/10 1831
Hewas blacksmith in Halling for many years, later købmand (shop) and he died in Halling 3/7 1917
He was married to Karen Rasmussen (1/12 57) born in Halling 12/4 1833
She was of daughter of rope-maker in Halling Rasmus Simonsen and wife Ane Olesdatter (daughter of Ole, your great-great) 3/11 1909
Karen Died in Halling 3/11 1909
More info here:
http://picasaweb.google.dk/sknyvang/GunderAndersenLangberg#52533684...

We are going to visit that town, when you come to Denmark
And visit lokal arkive in Odder?

You need a password to see the pages
You must first choose "amt" and then "sogn". You need not choose "herred"

About censuses
Most censuses from 1787, 1801, 1834, etc. are today at this address
www.ddd.dda.dk

You can look for the name "Andersen" i in Randers amt and you get all the families (households), who had an Andersen in this amt. Try it!!
It will be good when all the censuses from 1901 and 1916 come to this webpage.

If you want to find your mother's cousin "Børge Andersen" you can look for him in these pages

Everybody can get a googlemail with a place for 5000 photos on the internet
Search for "free gmail"
When you have opened your gmail, click on "fotos" and you can now give your first album a name on the picasaweb
Click on "upload" and upload some pictures into your album

I think you have given me EVERYTHING AND MORE that I need for researching my family tree. Mike and I look forward to meeting you & Birthe and going to the arkive in Odder. We hope to come early September 2010. THANK YOU!